Working the spaces of power : activism, neoliberalism and gendered labour / Janet Newman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newman, Janet, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Political activity.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 212 pages)

Other Title:

Working the Spaces of Power

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2012.

Summary:

This book highlights the way in which contemporary forms of governance, policy and politics have been reframed by women 'working the spaces of power'. It shows how links between activism and work have generated innovations that have since become 'common sense' forms of policy and practice.

Contents:

Introduction: research as mapmaking

Talking politics

Perverse alignments: women's activism and the governmentalization of community

Close encounters: feminism, policy and the remaking of governance

Modernizing moments: work, organizations and the entrepreneurial self

Critical engagements: knowledge-work as political practice

Border work: generating spaces of power

Activism, neoliberalism and gendered labour

Postscript: speaking to the present

Appendix: conducting the research-ethics, methods and modes of analysis.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.